Fort Stanwix Orderly Book

The Orderly Book of Major John Grahm's Company of the 1st New York Regiment

Conserving the Orderly Book: Steps 7-9

Step 7

The Orderly Book is disbound, or taken apart, into its separate parts: the front and back covers, sections of pages called “gatherings,” and the spine.

Step 8

The spine is the hinged flexible leather that holds the front and back covers together.

Step 9

Under a microscope, dirt is removed from the pages individually.

Steps 10-12 »

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Artifact Conservation »

TREATMENT:

Steps 1-3 »

Steps 4-6 »

Steps 7-9

Steps 10-12 »

Steps 13-15 »

Steps 16-18 »

RELATED LINKS:

Fort Stanwix National Monument »

McDonald & Robertson's Index of Continental Army Orderly Books »